Barbara Franklin, whom President Richard Nixon appointed in 1971 to spearhead an effort to bring more women into high-level ...

The Senate is finding itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare ...

Neither the White House nor the National Archives ... at the National Archives Building, in Washington, D.C., it is perhaps the most treasured historical document in the U.S. government's possession.

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Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project ...

The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...

Researchers just uncovered two 18th-century cherry bottles in the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon home. The green ...

History enthusiasts and genealogists alike gathered at the Washington County Historical Society’s Open House Day on Saturday ...

History enthusiasts and genealogists alike gathered at the Washington County Historical Society’s Open House Day on Saturday ...

Now a museum, this 18th-century plantation house (also known as Bush Hill House) was the base for George Washington and his sick half-brother Lawrence (who had tuberculosis) for two months in 1751.